Leonardo Bertagnolli (born 8 January 1978 in
Trento
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) is a retired
Italian
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professional
road bicycle racer, who rode as a professional between 2002 and 2012. He signed for , a new team in the 2009 season, though he rode for in the
2009 Giro d'Italia. It was unclear if Bertagnolli switched teams before 's mid-season collapse or after, and whether he continued with after the Giro or briefly returned to .
Bertagnolli announced his retirement from the sport after competing in the Italian National Championships in June 2012. It later emerged that the
Union Cycliste Internationale
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had launched disciplinary proceedings into Bertagnolli, in the light of an alleged anti-doping violation via his
biological passport
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, and he was given a sanction of 2 years and ten months as well as disqualified from 1 January 2003 to 18 May 2011.
Cancelled results
;2004
: 1st,
Coppa Placci
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The race is named after Antonio Placci, a cyclist born in Imola ...
: 1st,
Coppa Agostoni
The Coppa Ugo Agostoni is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Lissone, Italy. The race is held in memory of Italian cyclist Ugo Agostoni, winner of prestigious classic Milan–San Remo, killed during World War II. It is also called ''G ...
: 1st,
Giro dell'Etna
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;2005
: 1st, Stage 2,
Vuelta a España
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: 1st, Stage 3,
Tour du Limousin
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...
;2006
: 1st, Stage 6,
Tirreno–Adriatico
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: 1st,
Tour du Haut-Var
;2007
: 1st,
Clasica de San Sebastián
: 1st,
Memorial Cimurri
The Memorial Cimurri (also called Gran Premio Bioera) was a late season road bicycle race held annually near Reggio Emilia, in the region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. The race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental ...
: 4th,
2007 Deutschland Tour
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;2008
: 1st, Intaka Tech Worlds View Challenge #2
;2009
: 1st, Stage 15,
Giro d'Italia
: 1st, Stage 2,
Brixia Tour
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...
;2010
: 1st, Stage 3,
Tour of Austria
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: 2nd Overall
Trofeo Matteotti
Trofeo Matteotti is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Pescara, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which ...
: 3rd Coppa Sabatini
References
External links
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Bertagnollis Witness statement
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bertagnolli, Leonardo
1978 births
Living people
Italian male cyclists
Doping cases in cycling
Italian sportspeople in doping cases
Italian Vuelta a España stage winners
Sportspeople from Trento
Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners
Cyclists from Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol